Meteorite Collection — Handbook and Catalogue, 



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Aerolites or stone meteorites. 



Cat. 

 No. 



£07 

 208 



209 



210 

 211 



212 



213 



214 



815 



216 

 217 



21 S 

 >19 



221 



222 



224 



Date 

 of Fall or Find. 



Fell 1492, 

 Nov. 16. 

 11:30 P. M. 



Fell 1753. 

 July 3 

 8 P. M. 



Fell 1768, 

 Nov. 20, 

 4 P. M. 



Fell 1785, 

 Feb. 19. 



Fell 1790, 

 July 24, 

 9P, M. 



Fell 1795. 

 Dec. 13, 

 3:30 P. M. 



Fell 1789. 

 Dec. 13, 

 8 P. M. 



Fell 1803. 

 April 26, 

 1 P. M. 



Fell 1806, 

 Mar. 15, 

 5 P. M. 



Fell 1807, 

 Dec. 14, 

 6:30 A. M. 



NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 



Ensisheim, Elsass, Germany. 



Fragment from interior. Dark-gray, fine-grained, 



smooth and shining in portions. (W. ) 



Similar to previous specimen. (W.) 



Krawin, Tabor, Bohemia. 



Fragment from interior. Light-gray with rusty iron 

 spots. (W.) 



Mauerkirchen, Austria. 



Irregular fragment. Light-gray with black crust, 

 1 mm. in thickness. (W.) 



Fragment with crust. Two polished surfaces show 

 scattered metallic grains and well marked chon- 

 dri. (K.) 



Wittmess, Eichstadt, Bavaria. 



Two fragments from interior, showing a gray, 

 coarse ground-mass containing rusty iron grains. 



(W.) 

 Barbotan, Landes, France. 



Fragment from interior, one surface polished, 



showing numerous, minute, metallic grains. (W. ) 



Fragment with crust, showing pitted surface. Much 



discolored by age. (K. ) 



Wold Cottage, Thwing, Yorkshire, England. 

 Three polished chips, showing chondri and metallic 

 grains, both coarse and fine. (W.) 



Krakhut, Benares, India. 



Powder, showing crust and individual chondri. (VV. ) 

 Fragment with crust. One surface polished, show- 

 ing scattered metallic grains. (W ) 



L'Aigle, Normandie, Orne, France. 



Gray powder. (W. ) 



Fragment with crust The latter thin, reddish 

 brown, smooth. Interior grayish-brown, compact, 

 porphyritic in appearance. (W.) 



Fragment with crust and polished surface. The 

 polished surface showsafew fine, metallic grains. 

 Through a dark, amorphous ground-mass are min- 

 gled grayish-white nodules of various sizes. (K.) 



Alais, Gard, France. 

 Coarse, brown-black powder, resembling an earthy 

 coal. Very friable. (W. ) 



Interior fragment like previous specimen. (K.) 



Weston, Fairfield Co, , Connecticut. 



Fragment with crust. The latter^ thin, dull-black. 

 The yellowish and bluish-gray portions of the 

 interior are distinctly separated. The chondri, 

 of which the mass is largely made up, give it the 

 appearance of a fine conglomerate. (W. ) 



Weight 

 in grains. 



22 

 4 



.06 



17.5 

 110 



1.7 



6 

 32 



.71 



.25 



111 



60 



1 

 0.4 



